UltraEdit/UEStudio maintains most of its configuration settings in an INI file (see below to override this). This allows the user to select the INI file to be used under different configurations and allows the user to maintain the settings for UltraEdit/UEStudio when using UltraEdit/UEStudio from different workstations on a Network.
The default INI files used are UEDIT32.INI for UltraEdit and UESTUDIO.INI for UEStudio.
Please Note - INI Settings ARE case sensitive.
Telling UltraEdit which INI file to use
To override the default behavior you may use a command line parameter, an environment variable, or add an INI file to the directory containing UltraEdit.
The rules are as follows:
The command line is checked first; if the command line contains "/i=filename" this is used.
Example: /i=c:\windows\uedit32.ini
The filename must follow the /i= immediately. It can be a long name with spaces, in which case it must be in quotes.
If the command line parameter is not found the environment variable is checked. Please note, the environment variable specifies the directory that will contain the INI file, NOT the INI filename itself. The environment variable name is UEINIDIR. If this is defined, UltraEdit attempts to use this directory with the default INI filenames. For UEStudio, the environment variable name is UESINIDIR. If this is defined, UEStudio attempts to use this directory with the default INI filenames.
Finally, UltraEdit will look in the directory the EXE file is running from to locate the INI file. If the INI file does not exist here, UltraEdit will check the Windows directory for compatibility with older versions and if it is still not found, the %APPDATA% folder will be used.
Advanced INI Settings
Additional INI settings have been made available and are currently provided without user interface support, i.e., you cannot use a dialog box or menu function in UltraEdit to change them. These have been provided to support user requests.
These should always be added under the heading [Settings].
ConvertKBDInput=1
This setting instructs UltraEdit to convert the keyboard input from ANSI to OEM if an OEM font is selected. The default setting is not to perform any conversion.
Detect UTF-8 String=0
This setting instructs UltraEdit not to parse the file for a UTF-8 context setting to determine if it is a UTF-8 file or not.
Force Full Screen=1
This setting forces UltraEdit to be launched in Full Screen Mode.
Show Tag Descriptions=1
This setting determines if UltraEdit should show the descriptions for the tags in the Tag List. By default the tags are shown with their description. If this value is set to 0, only the tags will be shown without their description.
TAB Windows Font=Tahoma
This setting may be used to specify the font used for open file tabs.
TAB Windows Font Height=13
This setting may be used to specify the font size used for open file tabs.
Temp File Dir="directory"
This setting allows the user to specify the directory UltraEdit uses for the temporary files it creates while editing. Normally this should not be set but can be used if editing large files and there is not sufficient room in the temp directory for the temporary files UltraEdit creates.